On Friday 31 May 2013 09:15:34 John Alexander Stewart did opine: > Gene; > > Not no, but hell no Andrew. I saw my first micro cpu, an RCA 1802, in > the > > > spring of '80 when I was 46. ... > > > > You are a veritable spring chicken at 30. If you have the time to > > study, the "need to know how" is a very strong incentive. > > Mine was also the 1802, (maybe a year or two before you, not that it > matters) but I was in my teens... all wire wrapped, debugged using only > an old analogue voltmeter. > > Yes, anyone can learn to program at any age - the incentive is the key > to anything you want to do. Certainly kids learn faster, but us older > farts learn better. And until the short term memory starts to go John, we sure like to think so. ;-) Nowadays, if I haven't poked around in one of my .hal files for a few months, it takes afresh printout and hours of study to refresh what it was I was trying to do. :(
> John A. Stewart > http://cnc-for-model-engineers.blogspot.com Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> I only know what I read in the papers. -- Will Rogers A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
